3009 Garage Door Insulation Kit, Silver, Easy Assembly, Adhesive Pads Included, Lightweight, Includes 8 Bubble Insulation Panels, Blocks up to 95% of Radiant Heat, Saves Energy

I have a metal garage door, afternoon sun hits bad and get it hot. This has stopped the heat it good. Easy to put on, cut to size, only the sticky tabs were the hardest part. Would buy again. Has stayed in place for months now.

I looked at the published R-values of this product and NASA Tech. They are both broadly listed as R-21. There are better insulating products available usually of the fiberglass batt type but these can be "dirty" and difficult products to install. The NASA Tech originally looked like the best bet but to install it, I would have had to remove the hurricane straps (5 of them), unroll the NASA Tech, marking the holes where the hurricane straps were bolted and reinstall the hurricane straps and bolts. Not a small job. I elected to purchase Reach Barrier becasue of the pre-cut panels. First, one box covers a single car garage door. For my project I needed two boxes for a 7'h X 16'w door. Second, each panel in the Reach Barrier Kit is 24" X 48". There's enough product to do 16, 24" X 24" panels per box Third, not every panel on my garage door (an Amarr Product) is the same size. The outside panels (closest to the roller tracks) are 25" wide, 21" high. The others are all 23"w X 21"h. Each panel had to be trimmed from the stock panels in the kit. I started the project by myself by marking the dimensions with a marker, labeled the L corner and top of each trimmed panel and would trim the stock panels to size using a long straight edge (a level) and box cutter. The panels trim neatly and easily with a box cutter. I switched to one person cutting (my wife) and the other (me) installing it - that saved a lot of getting up and down from one's knees. The first 4 or so panels cut and installed solo were slow going; it took about 10-15 minutes each panel to trim and install it. Going slow like this with one person doing the cutting and installing would take almost 3h to do one half of this project, 6h total. Too long. Get the wife, save my knees! Once we got a system going we did the other 28 panels in about 90 minutes. They advantage of the Reach Barrier product over the NASA tech is that I was able to install the cut panels without removing the hurricane straps. If you look closely at the photos of the completed garage door, you may note that the hurricane straps will actually hold some of the panels in place (there is enough space between the aluminum panels and the hurricane straps to easily work the cut panels under them). I started out using the stickies per the instructions. The problem with that was installing the stickies on the panel, removing the top covering of each of them then trying to slide a panel under a hurricane strap without the panel sticking to them until in place. After screwing up one panel that way I stopped putting the stickies on all four corners and in the middle. Instead I started cutting the panels 1/4 " longer in each dimension. Voi-la. They fit snuggly in place (mostly). If there was a saggy corner, I'd put a sticky under it by rolling the corner back, placing the sticky then unrolling the corner onto the sticky. That was only required on a couple of panels. The design of the door made it possible to jab that 1/4" extra of material in a grove and it stayed in that grove even with the door operating multiple times to test this technique. I imagine that wouldn't work on some door designs with or without Hurricane straps and you'd have to use the sticky is The important thing for DIY'ers is that you can easily install this product successfully even when leaving horizontal hurricane straps on the door. As for performance, I'm impressed so far. My garage door faces west and in the afternoon the door gets blazing hot - likely over 110 degrees. The garage is uninhabitable in the heat of the day with inside garage temps reaching 102 - 103 and it is presently serving as a storage area for heat sensitive things. I'd estimate that the insulation alone drops the ambient temperature inside the garage 8-10 degrees in the heat of the day with full sun on the door. Low 90s is still uncomfortable. My garage is about 450 SqFt. I just installed a 10000 BTU portable room AC that ducts (intake and exhaust) out the garage window. With it set at 80 degrees, it has no problem getting the ambient temp down to just under 80 degrees - comfortable for us. In the heat of the FL sun, the combo of a portable AC and the garage door insulated with the Reach Barrier product makes the garage a useable space. All I need now is a solar shade for the 48" X 48" window that I noted today leaks a lot of radiant heat now that the garage door isn't doing that!.

So far so good but we'll see when the extreme cold or heat comes.- I had to trim these to fit my standard size door panels, not sure they make them a little larger.- They didn't give me enough sticky things to hold these up securely. Maybe I was worried by the comments but I added a few extra to ensure they stay.- Install was quick and easy, it looks pretty sharp, just waiting to see how it holds up in extreme elements.

The media could not be loaded. This is a great product to reduce heat in your garage! I’m in Houston Tx and it is HOT! 90-100 right now and the garage is the coolest it’s EVER been! Takes some time and measuring to install. Two person install makes it easy, but not necessary. Great value, functions as indicated, durable and light! Highly recommend!

A friend of mine put these up on their garage door and had some extra panels. They were kind enough to give them to me. They did half my door, so I bought another pack to finish the job. There were super easy to install. They look nice and seem to reduce the heat in the garage. My garage gets the morning sun, and we've had unseasonably cooler temperatures, so it's hard to say how effective they are. At this point, I would recommend them to anyone. They're an inexpensive option to add insulation to the garage door.

I live in Vegas and my garage can get close to 100 degrees. I really didn’t expect much of a lower temp after installed it and it’s very easy to install . Did it make a difference, not so sure. I’ll have to see how cold the garage will be in the winter??

I recently bought this for my garage door, and the difference has been remarkable. The installation was straightforward and easy to do. Since applying it, I’ve noticed a significant drop in heat inside the garage, making it much more comfortable, especially during the summer months. This product has not only improved the temperature but also enhanced the overall energy efficiency of my garage. I highly recommend this insulation kit to anyone looking to make their garage more bearable during TX heat waves 😁

This product seems to have lowered my FL garage temps by @ 10 degrees. It was easy to install and looks good.1 star removed due to the description saying a garage door cleaner and sponge were included. They were not in either of the 2 boxes I received.